Do all quad cores whine?

[Monoriu]

It seems like a compromise to me.  Silent computers tend to be slow and unsuitable for playing graphics-heavy games.  If I want more power, I have to live with the noise. 

[DontSayBanana]

It seems like a compromise to me.  Silent computers tend to be slow and unsuitable for playing graphics-heavy games.  If I want more power, I have to live with the noise. 

Untrue.  For a really heavy-duty PC, you'd have components running so hot you'd probably want to water-cool them, which runs almost completely silently.

[Monoriu]

It seems like a compromise to me.  Silent computers tend to be slow and unsuitable for playing graphics-heavy games.  If I want more power, I have to live with the noise. 

Untrue.  For a really heavy-duty PC, you'd have components running so hot you'd probably want to water-cool them, which runs almost completely silently.

But is water-cooling available in the mass market?

[DontSayBanana]

But is water-cooling available in the mass market?

"Powerful" in the mass market has little to do with real power in gaming rigs- even high-line manufacturer-built PCs have a hard time running the latest games (think Crysis or even Sims 3 on the highest graphics settings); however, the big "media" rigs tend to have a lot more surface area, meaning the fans don't have to work quite as hard.

[Grey Fox]

It seems like a compromise to me.  Silent computers tend to be slow and unsuitable for playing graphics-heavy games.  If I want more power, I have to live with the noise. 

Untrue.  For a really heavy-duty PC, you'd have components running so hot you'd probably want to water-cool them, which runs almost completely silently.

But is water-cooling available in the mass market?

Yes.

[Barrister]

It seems like a compromise to me.  Silent computers tend to be slow and unsuitable for playing graphics-heavy games.  If I want more power, I have to live with the noise.

That's nonsense.  You can have a powerful and quiet computer (and you don't need to go to water cooling).  Specially these days, when we're past the race to gigahertz and over-clocking.

[Caliga]

You can have a powerful and quiet computer (and you don't need to go to water cooling).  Specially these days, when we're past the race to gigahertz and over-clocking.

I admire you for restraining yourself with this post. 

[DGuller]

It seems like a compromise to me.  Silent computers tend to be slow and unsuitable for playing graphics-heavy games.  If I want more power, I have to live with the noise.

That's nonsense.  You can have a powerful and quiet computer (and you don't need to go to water cooling).  Specially these days, when we're past the race to gigahertz and over-clocking.

Do you have any computers in mind?

[Barrister]

It seems like a compromise to me.  Silent computers tend to be slow and unsuitable for playing graphics-heavy games.  If I want more power, I have to live with the noise.

That's nonsense.  You can have a powerful and quiet computer (and you don't need to go to water cooling).  Specially these days, when we're past the race to gigahertz and over-clocking.

Do you have any computers in mind?

You know I do.   

But you can buy plenty of powerful and quiet computers that aren't named after fruit as well.

[katmai]

There is a Marcin computer?

[Scipio]

There is a Marcin computer?

He said "named after fruit" not "named after A fruit."

[katmai]

Very well then.

[grumbler]

But you can buy plenty of powerful and quiet computers that aren't named after fruit as well.

Who wants to buy a lemon, though?

[Grey Fox]

My i7 is super quiet. My Double Xeon, not so much.

[Grey Fox]

Scratch that, my i7 as started to whine.

Gawd that's annoying as fuck.